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a simple set of words

from songs from a blue room by earl patrick

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maria woke up lonely in a strange hotel and couldn't remember how she'd gotten there. she counted up the money on the nightstand, and it added up to a cold breakfast and bus fare. she threw the empty bottles in the trash. she threw up last night's excess in the sink. she locked the bathroom door and got undressed, and got into the shower so she could think.

as the steam rose up she said a silent prayer; a simple set of words she'd learned when she was young. she felt something shifting in the air. she wasn't sure, but she thought it felt like love.

percy was a night clerk in an old hotel. for thirty years he'd punched out at six a.m. he held the lobby door as he was leaving, for a woman who was drunk when she checked in. then he got onto the number twenty bus and took the old worn seat he liked the best. with his hand he felt the cancer in his gut and told himself he wasn't scared of death.

as the door swung shut he said a silent prayer; a simple set of words he'd learned when he was young. he felt something shifting in the air. he wasn't sure, but he thought it felt like love.

danny was the driver on the twenty bus. he'd moved up from somewhere in the south. and though he never said just what it was he left behind, you could see it in the way he held his mouth. that night he made a call he'd longed to make, and shook to hear her voice come through the phone. he wept until the pain had left him spent, and then started making plans to move back home.

as the night closed in he said a silent prayer; a simple set of words he'd learned when he was young. he felt something shifting in the air. he wasn't sure, but he thought it felt like love.

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from songs from a blue room, released October 17, 2013

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earl patrick Portland, Oregon

Songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist Earl Patrick has been quietly making independent records for over 20 years. For a sample of suggested listening: Four phases (classical piano) | I'll call you when i touch back down (bedroom pop) | songs from a blue room (indie rock - solo guitar & voice) ... more

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